N.W.A.	Heart of America Heavyweight Title	(	early 1950s	)
	Central States Heavyweight Title

(as of 2007/01/16)

Bill Longson	50/05/18	Kansas City, KS
Defeats Sonny Myers in tournament final to become first champion.
Tarzan Kowalski	51/01/25	Kansas City, KS
Dennis Clary	51/04/26	Kansas City, KS
Sonny Myers	51/05/03	Kansas City, KS
Dennis Clary [2]	51/05/10	Kansas City, KS
Jimmy Coffield	51/11/06	Topeka, KS
Alo Leilani	51/11/29	Kansas City, KS
Bob Orton	51/12/20	Kansas City, KS
Enrique Torres	52/02/28	Kansas City, KS
Sonny Myers [2]	52/03/06	Kansas City, KS
Vacant in 52.
Sonny Myers #	52/04	Wichita, KS
Defeats Bob Orton in 13-man tournament final, but Orville Brown refuses to present him with the title because the final was only one fall.
Sonny Myers [3]	52
Defeats Bob Orton in 3-fall match.
Red Berry	52/09<
Bobby Lane	52/11	Kansas City, KS
Dave Sims	53/01/15	Kansas City, KS
Lenny Montana	53/10/01
Sonny Myers [4]	53/12/11	St. Joseph, MO
Dave Sims [2]	54/01
Bob Orton [2]	54/01/28	Kansas City, KS
Sonny Myers [5]	54/03
[...]
El Toro	54
Sonny Myers [6]	54	Kansas City, KS
Joe Dusek	54/09/13	Wichita, KS
Ray Villmer	54/12/16	Kansas City, KS
Lu Kim
Ray Villmer [2]
[...]
Mike DiBiase	56/04<
Richard Brown	56/04/10	Topeka, KS
[...]
Mighty Atlas	56<
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Sonny Myers [7]	57/02<
[...]
Richard Brown [2]	57
Red Berry [2]	57/09/15	Wichita, KS
Richard Brown [3]	57/10/07	Wichita, KS
Vacant in 58.
Sonny Myers [8]	58/07/25	St. Joseph, MO
Wins tournament; vacant in 58/10<.
Bob Geigel	58/10/03
Defeats Bob Ellis in tournament final.
Bob Ellis	58/11/28	St. Joseph, MO
Lee Henning	60/01/22	St. Joseph, MO
[...]
Kinji Shibuya	60
Bob Ellis [2]	60/03/10	Kansas City, KS
Lee Henning [2]	60/04
Thor Hagen	60/05/27	St. Joseph, MO
Ricky Lee	60/06	St. Joseph, MO
Thor Hagen [2]	60/08
Mike Paidousis	60/09/29	Kansas City, KS
Lee Henning [3]	60/11/18	St. Joseph, MO
Ron Etchison	61/03/31	St. Joseph, MO
Lee Henning [4]	61/04/21	St. Joseph, MO
Bob Ellis [3]	61/05<
Vacant in 61 when Ellis leaves the area.
Buddy Austin	61/06/02
Sonny Myers [9]	61/11/03	St. Joseph, MO
Tarzan Tyler	61/11/10	St. Joseph, MO
Buddy Austin [2]	61/11
Ray Gordon	62/02/09	St. Joseph, MO
Lee Henning [5]	62/05/04	St. Joseph, MO
Pat O'Connor	62/10<
Lee Henning [6]	62/11/02	St. Joseph, MO
Pat O'Connor [2]	62/11/16	St. Joseph, MO
[...]
Sonny Myers [10]	63/02/01	St. Joseph, MO
Rock Hunter	63/05/17	St. Joseph, MO
Enrique Torres [2]	63/12/20	St. Joseph, MO
The Spoiler	63/12/20	St. Joseph, MO
[...]
Mike DiBiase [2]	64/12<
Ron Reed (Buddy Colt)	65/01/11	St. Joseph, MO
The Stomper (Archie Gouldie)	65/06/04	St. Joseph, MO
Sonny Myers [11]	65/07/04
Bob Geigel [2]	66/01/07	St. Joseph, MO
Ron Reed [2]	66/02/18	St. Joseph, MO
The Viking (Bob Morse)	66/06/17	St. Joseph, MO
Mike DiBiase [3]	66/12/16	St. Joseph, MO
Sonny Myers [12]	67/01/13	St. Joseph, MO
Bob Geigel [3]	67/02/24	St. Joseph, MO
The Viking [2]	67/04/07	St. Joseph, MO
Sonny Myers [13]	67/06/09	St. Joseph, MO
The Hangman	67/10/27	St. Joseph, MO
Bob Geigel [4]	67/11/17	St. Joseph, MO
Sonny Myers [14]	67/12/12	St. Joseph, MO
Harley Race	68/04/05	St. Joseph, MO
Ron Etchison [2]	68/05/03	St. Joseph, MO
Roger Kirby	68/05/10	St. Joseph, MO
Vacant in 68/05.
Bob Brown	68/06/04	St. Joseph, MO
Defeats Thor Hagen in tournament final.
Tommy Martin	68/10/11	St. Joseph, MO
Dusty Rhodes	68/12/13	St. Joseph, MO
Don Kent	69/01/10	St. Joseph, MO
Dick Murdoch	69/02/28	St. Joseph, MO
Pat O'Connor [3]	69/06/20	St. Joseph, MO
Vacant in 69/10.
Danny Little Bear	69/11/28	St. Joseph, MO
Wins tournament.
Roger Kirby [2]	70/04/03	St. Joseph, MO
Bob Geigel [5]	71/01/01	St. Joseph, MO
Harley Race [2]	71
Bob Geigel [6]	71
Harley Race [2]	71/06<
Pat O'Connor defeats Race for the title on 72/01/28 in St. Louis, MO, but Race continues to be recognized by other promoters, and Sam Muchnick withdraws recognition of the title and later creates the Missouri Heavyweight title.
Danny Little Bear	72/02/11	St. Joseph, MO
Black Angus Campbell	72
The Stomper [2]	72/06/08
Harley Race [3]	72/07/07	Kansas City, KS
Omar Atlas	72/11/24	St. Joseph, MO
Roger Kirby	72/12
Danny Little Bear [2]	73/04/27
Bob Brown [2]	73/06
Harley Race [4]	73/09/22	Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [3]	73/10/11	Kansas City, KS
Mike George	74/03/21	Kansas City, KS
Roger Kirby [2]	74/06
[...]
Don Fargo	74/06
Harley Race [5]	74/06/27	Kansas City, KS
Don Fargo [2]	74/07<
Bob Brown [4]	74/07/04	Kansas City, KS
Defeats Don Fargo.
Harley Race [6]	74/07/11	Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [5]	74/08/01	Kansas City, KS
Terry Martin	74/12
Jerry Oates	75/02/07	St. Joseph, MO
Ed Wiskoski	75/05/31	Kansas City, KS
Mike George [2]	76/02/12	Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [6]	76/04/10	Wichita, KS
Mike George [3]	76/04/17	Wichita, KS
Bob Brown [7]	76/05/18	Topeka, KS
Harley Race [7]	76/07/08	Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [8]	76/09/05	Wichita, KS
Rick Gibson	76/10/01	St. Joseph, MO
[...]
Bob Slaughter (Sgt. Slaughter)	77/01
Ted Oates	77/02/04	St. Joseph, MO
Bob Slaughter [2]	77/02/11	St. Joseph, MO
Bob Brown *	77
Bob Slaughter [3]	77
Ted DiBiase	77/05/19	Kansas City, KS
[...]
Bob Sweetan	77
Bob Brown [9]	77/10/30	Topeka, KS
Ted DiBiase [2]	78/01/07	Kansas City, KS
Alexis Smirnoff *	78/01/07	Kansas City, KS
Ken Lucas	78/02/16	Kansas City, KS
Bob Sweetan [2]	78/04/27	Kansas City, KS
Doug Gilbert	78/08/31	Kansas City, KS
Buck Robley	78/10/07	Des Moines, IA
Dick Murdoch *	78/12/30	Kansas City, KS
Randy Alls (Randy Rose)	79/01/02	St. Joseph, MO
Bob Sweetan [3]	79/02/22	Kansas City, KS
Ron Starr	79/09/17	Wichita, KS
The Turk	79/10/04	Kansas City, KS
The Avenger	79/11/22	Kansas City, KS
The Assassin (Jody Hamilton)	80/01/24	Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [10]	80/02/04	Kansas City, KS
Bruiser Brody	80/04/10	Kansas City, KS
Dick Murdoch	80/05/22	Kansas City, KS
Killer Karl Kox	80/07/24	Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [11]	80/08/16	Topeka, KS
Mike George [4]	80/09/11	Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [12]	80/10/23	Kansas City, KS
Buzz Tyler	81/04/01	Des Moines, IA
Bob Sweetan [4]	81/07/23	Kansas City, KS
Tommy Martin	81/11/19	Kansas City, KS
Bob Sweetan [5]	81/12/10	Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [13]	81/12/14	Wichita, KS
Held upat some point during this reign.
[...]
Roger Kirby	82/04/27	St. Joseph, MO
Defeats Harley Race.
Manny Fernandez	82/09/16	Kansas City, KS
Dewey Robertson	83/02/10	Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [14]	83/05/12	Kansas City, KS
Dewey Robertson [2]	83/05/19	Kansas City, KS
Harley Race [8]	83/06/02	Kansas City, KS
Vacant on 83/06/10 when Race wins World Heavyweight title.
Super Destroyer	83/06/30	Kansas City, KS
Defeats Buck Robley in tournament final.
Buzz Tyler [2]	83/10/20	Kansas City, KS
Tully Blanchard	84/01/26	Kansas City, KS
Buzz Tyler [3]	84/02/09	Kansas City, KS
Luke Graham	84/04/19	Kansas City, KS
Ted Oates [2]	84/06/21	Kansas City, KS
Buzz Tyler [4]	84/08/11	Kansas City, KS
Hacksaw Higgins	84/10/06	Kansas City, KS
Harley Race [9]	84/10/25	Kansas City, KS
Mr. Pogo	85/01/10	Kansas City, KS
Marty Janetty	85/09/22	Des Moines, IA
Brett Sawyer	85/12/05	Kansas City, KS
Bob Brown [15]	85/12/17	Ames, IA *
Vacates on 86/05/30 due to an ankle injury.
The Shadow (Jaymie Knight) *	86/05/30	Des Moines, IA
Wins 13-man battle royal.
Marty Janetty [2] *	86/06/01	Marshalltown, IA
Bob Brown [16] *	86/06
Vacant on 86/09/26 when Jim Crockett Jr. buys out the promotion and uses in own wrestlers.
Sam Houston	86/11/16	St. Louis, MO
Defeats Bill Dundee in a tournament final.
Bill Dundee	87/01/03	Topeka, KS
Bob Brown [17]	87/02/27	Kansas City, KS
Rufus R. Jones [2]	87/05/21	Kansas City, KS
Porkchop Cash	87/07/10	St. Joseph, MO
Rufus R. Jones [3]	87/07/17	Kansas City, KS
Earthquake Farris	87/09/27	Des Moines, IA
Bob Brown [18]	87/10/30	St. Joseph, MO
Dave Peterson	87/12/25	St. Joseph, MO
Title held up.
Dave Peterson [2]	88/02/18	Kansas City, KS
Defeats Cuban Assassin for the held-up title; promotion withdraws from NWA and closes in 88.
Akio Sato	89/03/23	Kansas City, KS
Defeats T.C. Carter; promotion closes in 89.
Shane Somers	02/03/30	Rolla, MO
Defeats Butch McClain when the title is revived; vacant on 02/10/22 due to injury.
Derek Stone	02/11/16	Coffeyville, KS
Defeats Michael Barry, Griz and Gary Jackson.
Raven	05/06/25	Lawrence, KS
Stripped on 06/06/02 for lack of title defenses.
Michael Strider	06/10/14	Muscatine, IA
Defeats Woody Maguire, Mississippi Madman, Derek Stone, Marek Brave, and Mark Sterling.